China Wave, The: Rise of a Civilizational State

By Weiwei Zhang

Book Overview

This is a best-seller in China and a geopolitical book for our times. As a leading thinker from China, Zhang Weiwei provides an original, comprehensive and engrossing study on the rise of China and its effective yet controversial model of development, and the book has become a centerpiece of an unfolding debate within China on the nature and future of the world's most populous nation and its possible global impact. China's rise, according to Zhang, is not the rise of an ordinary country, but the rise of a different type of country, a country sui generis, a civilizational state, a new model of development and a new political discourse which indeed questions many of the Western assumptions about democracy, good governance and human rights. The book is as analytical as it is provocative, and should be required reading for everyone concerned with the rise of China and its global implications.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1938134001
• ISBN13: 9781938134005
• Release Date: June 2012
• Publisher: World Century Publishing Corporation
• Length: 208 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.1" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

The Chinese success story well told!

This is the English translation on his Chinese edition, the Rise of a Civilization State, sold more than half a million copies. Prof. Zhang was a well-educated scholar, had been the antipredator of the Late President Deng. He lived in Europe for twenty years and settled back to Shanghai and became the faculty of FuDan University. He witnessed the China change since Deng 1979 opening and he toured over a hundred countries around the world. He had the knowledge and experience to compare and contrast with China and other countries. There is no other places than home, he showed his observation and unique understanding why China rises without blindly follow the modern democracy model. It is Confucius and Marx made China great that he proudly pointed out. The book ended in his Shanghai debate with American professor Prof. Fukuyama who wrote the End of History, the democracy will be the final triumphant. China success prompted him to change and revise. This book is highly recommended for American politicians who spin lies and deception with Chinese culture blind. Understanding Chinese culture is the beginning of wisdom!